The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-10
PERSONAL.

JAY GOULD telegraphed to DR.. Browns ouard
in Paris for a prescription for neuralgia in his
shin
ALTHOUGH twice condemned to death Editor
Cernuschi of the Paris Steele, fiourisheS still in
hearty old age.
CHARLES CROKER, second Vice President of
the Southern Pacific railway, says he considers
he is worth about SS0,000,O0O.
Mrs JAMES MRILsoN, sister of the late Hor-
ace Greeley, is very low with pneumonia at New
Brunswick, n. j. She is 20 years old.
MAYOR HEWITT says he smiles when men talk
to him of working eight or nine hours a day, be-
cause he works from twelve To seventeen hours
himself
LORD SALISBURY remarked at the recent Royal
Academy banquet that he could not call ia
mind single statue of a man attired in u
"claw-hammer" coat, and Mr.. G. A. Sala adds
that he wishes some sculptor would try the ex-
pertinent.
FIFTY YEARS AGO this month Chief Justice
Waite was graduated from Yale. He will be
present at the commencement exercises of his
Alma Mater this year. His vigorous health is
remarkable when the amount of work he has
performed in the last half century is considered.
"MR. IRVING has hit upon the happiest possible
method Of celebrating the jubilee" says the
Pal MoH Gazette. ION the afternoon Of June
q he will throw open his theatre to as many
children of the Ragged School Union as can be
squeezed into it, and he will perform for their
cement Inc Merchant OF venice. ~
The only Russian ever decorated by the
public, the favorite actor, Basil Samolof, is
dead. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
connection with the stage the public presented
him with a magnificent decoration enriched
with diamonds. The Emperor gave him per-
mission to wear this as an imperial decoration,
KATE FIELD is in San Francisco securing ma
terial for a lecture on the Chinese question. She
declares that Congressional legislation has not
mitigated in the least the evils of Mormonjsn-
that there are as many plural marriages in
Utah as ever, but they are kept secret and this
makes the situation worse than before the pres
ent law was enacted.
Mr.. RuTTER, young American, was in the
Opera Comique, Paris, at the time of the fatal
fire. He is a son of the late j. II. Rutter Of
New York. once President of the New Yorl;
Central railway. He was in q box with three
friends. When the fire broke out they at
tempted tn escape, but found tho door Of thx
box locked. They kicked the door open and
capped with difficulty.
IL is REPORTED in London official ciro1 k;t
the press will not Se forgotten in the ',5u-
ton of Jubilee honors. Sir .Algernon Bdy Kick.
proprietor Of the Morning Post, and Mr. Law
son, who owns the Daily Telegraph, are to re
ceive oaronetcies. Edwin Arnold, the managing
editor of the latter paper, and Editor BuclAe
of the Times, are TO be lmighted, while Mr.
Walter is TO be rewarded for the assistance rem
dered the government by his series Of articles
on 'Parnellism and Crime" with the peerage
for which he has iInportuned so many successive
cabinets.
DAVID NEAL has been busy In Baltimore paint
ing portraits in Mr.. T. Harrison Garretts
family, Mr.. Garrett is the younger brother OF
MIR. Robert Garrett. He married Miss Whit
ridge, OF Baltimore, who is a tail. fine looking
woman. They have two handsome boys, and Il
is on portraits of these children and Mrs Gar.
rett that Mr. Neal has been at work at their
country residence near Baltimore Mr.. Garrett
has not quite the business talents or abilities of
his elder brother but having a large fortune
and no great ambitions he takes life easily, and
is apparently satisfied to shine as a lesser light
than the Baltimore and Ohio President.